The Influence of Degree of Interpolated Learning on Retroactive Inhibition and the Overt Transfer of Specific Responses

1940/04/01 by Arthur W. Melton, Jean McQueen Irwin · 339 citations
Psychology · #Behavioral and Psychological Studies #Cognitive psychology #Degree (music) #Developmental psychology #Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods #Psychology

paper · doi:10.2307/1417415

published in The American Journal of Psychology 53(2), 173 (University of Illinois Press)

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Abstract

Arthur W. Melton, Jean McQueen Irwin, The Influence of Degree of Interpolated Learning on Retroactive Inhibition and the Overt Transfer of Specific Responses, The American Journal of Psychology, Vol. 53, No. 2 (Apr., 1940), pp. 173-203

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